Rates of women who are opting for preventive mastectomies, such as Angeline Jolie, have increased by an estimated 50 percent in recent years, experts say. But many doctors are puzzled because the operation doesn't carry a 100 percent guarantee, it's major surgery -- and women have other options, from a once-a-day pill to careful monitoring.

The beef in Friday’s recall was produced Sept. 2 at Packerland’s Green Bay facility, and was distributed to stores in Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin.

Stores were asked to remove the product.

Steve Van Lannen, general manager for the Green Bay-based company, said in a statement the company was working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

“Given our long history of focusing on product safety and our standards of excellence, we will err on the side of being overly cautious with this recall,” he said.

Return to place of purchasePackerland recalled the meat after its internal testing showed the ground beef was possibly contaminated and mistakenly shipped.